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Literacy and Orality in Eighteenth-Century Irish Song
Author(s): Julie Henigan (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 1848933428
- ISBN-13: 9781848933422
Book Description
Focusing on several distinct genres of eighteenth-century Irish song, Henigan demonstrates in each case that the interaction between the elite and vernacular, the written and oral, is pervasive and characteristic of the Irish song tradition to the present day.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Well researched and written, it provides an excellent addition to the already rich bibliography of tomes dealing with orality and literacy in an Irish context.’ Journal of Folklore Research ‘Henigan’s book provides a readable and comprehensive analysis of the impact of literacy and of increasing literary consciousness on a predominantly oral poetic culture, tracing developments of form, genre, style, and transmission in the traditional poetry of Ireland, both Irish (Gaelic) and English.’ Virginia Blankenhorn, University of Edinburgh
About the Author
Julie Henigan
